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Friends of William Stafford Newsletter, Spring 2011

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The William Stafford Online Reader is a directory of web content by and about one of America's best loved poets. It is designed after the reader concept in the book world as a collection of works relating to an author, and has both new and longtime Stafford readers in mind. At the top of each page you can browse through topics or search the siteto find your way through the poetic world of William Stafford. Contact the editor to submit a link to be listed here, or for general inquiries or comments about William Stafford or this website. There's more than can be read in a single visit and the site is still growing, so come back often to see more. Happy reading!

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WILLIAM STAFFORD (1914-1993)

"a unique way into the heart of the world"
    Dictionary of Literary Biography

William Stafford received the 1963 National Book Award for Poetry and served as Library of Congress Consultant in Poetry (US Poet Laureate) in 1970. He taught English at Lewis & Clark College and published over 50 volumes of poetry. His best known poems include "Traveling through the Dark," "At the Un-National Monument along the Canadian Border," "A Ritual to Read to Each Other," and "A Story that Could be True." His poems have appeared in song, film, television, sculpture, in halls of government and along Hollywood Boulevard. Stafford's poems focus on daily moments in Kansas and Oregon, and many other places, covering themes such as landscape, technology, faith, peace, and identity. Stafford had a generous and patient spirit, believing that while "justice will take us millions of intricate moves," we can achieve creative and spiritual peace with our culture and our planet. Work has continued since Stafford's death to chronicle his life and writings for a world in deep need of his voice. This website is one effort toward that end.

Key William Stafford Sites

NEW at PoetryFoundation.org

With the recent update of the Poetry Foundation website comes over 100 Stafford poems, most of which first appeared in Poetry Magazine. These poems have yet to be cataloged at the Online Reader, so visit Stafford's Poetry Foundation page here.

FEATURED: Craig Goodworth

Drawings inspired by Stafford's poems

Latest Releases

Poems and a film exploring Stafford's service as a World War Two conscientious objector.

 

Another World Instead: The Early Poems of William Stafford, 1937-1947 (2008)


Every War Has Two Losers: A Poet's Meditation on Peace
 (2009)

Digitized Books

Read Stafford's first two published books of poetry online. West of your City and Traveling through the Dark, are fully digitized at the William Stafford Archives website. Images of drafts and recordings also available.

  
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